Assessment of functional capacity and pulmonary in pediatrics patients renal transplantation.

Introduction: Pediatric patients undergoing kidney transplantation can present changes in pulmonary function and functional capacity for exercise.

Objective: To evaluate the functional capacity and pulmonary function in children and adolescents undergoing kidney transplantation.

Method: Children and adolescents aged six to 18 years of age were evaluated in Outpatient Clinic of Nephrology, Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil in period the june of 2010 the march of 2011.